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Monday, December 1, 2014

Music Monday - "Walkin' Back to Happiness" by Helen Shaprio (1961)

Helen Shapiro was a 14 year old teenager when she recorded "Walkin' Back to Happiness" in 1961. She had a pop career in the early 1960's in London, and The Beatles toured as her supporting act during 1963. Helen Shapiro is famous for rejecting a Beatles composition. Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote "Misery" for her, but she decided not to record it. I first heard "Walkin' Back to Happiness" this year on the PBS Masterpiece Mystery! series Breathless. I liked it from first listen, and find it perfect for a Monday morning.

About Me

Trish is a long-time online seller who loves all things vintage, but especially vintage children's books and ephemera. In other lives, worked as a bookstore manager and preschool teacher. Always pursuing vintage treasures, great reads, interesting words, and happiness.